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DECISION No. 229/2001/QD-BKH OF MAY 18, 2001 PROMULGATING THE LIST OF SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT IN SERVICE OF PETROLEUM ACTIVITIES, WHICH CAN BE PRODUCED AT HOME

THE MINISTER OF PLANNING AND INVESTMENT

Pursuant to the Government�s Decree No. 75/CP of November 1, 1995 defining the functions and tasks of the Ministry of Planning and Investment;

Pursuant to the Government�s Decree No. 48/2000/ND-CP of September 12, 2000 guiding the implementation of the amended Petroleum Law;

After reaching agreement with the concerned ministries and branches,

DECIDES:

Article 1.- To promulgate together with this Decision the list of supplies in service of petroleum activities, which can be produced at home, to serve as basis for the determination of supplies which cannot be produced at home yet and are exempt from import tax and value added tax according to the provisions in Articles 54 and 55 of the Government�s Decree No. 48/2000/ND-CP of September 12, 2000.

Article 2.- The import of equipment for petroleum activities shall comply with the list of equipment and special-use transport means, which can be produced at home, issued together with Decision No. 214/1999/QD-BKH of April 26, 1999, which serves as basis for determination of equipment which cannot be produced at home yet and are exempt from value added tax according to Article 55 of Decree No. 48/2000/ND-CP.

Article 3.- In this Decision, the "petroleum activities" are defined like in Article 2 of Decree No. 48/2000/ND-CP, meaning activities of prospecting, exploring and developing oil and gas fields, exploiting, processing, storing, gathering and transporting oil and gas from the exploitation areas to places of delivery, as well as activities in service of oil and gas prospection and exploration. Other activities in the petroleum domain shall comply with Decisions No. 214/1999/QD-BKH, No. 230/2000/QD-BKH and No. 462/2000/QD-BKH.

Article 4.- Vietnam Oil and Gas Corporation and its authorized member units shall have to send official dispatches to the General Department of Customs and local tax offices, certifying that the quantities of supplies and equipment are imported in service of petroleum activities defined in Article 3 of this Decision. In cases where the local customs offices and the importing enterprises fail to reach agreement, Vietnam Oil and Gas Corporation shall propose the Ministry of Planning and Investment to consider and decide the cases. Pending the Planning and Investment Ministry�s decisions, the local customs offices shall carry out procedures for customs clearance for the import goods to ensure that petroleum activities shall not be interrupted.

Article 5.- The list of supplies and equipment in service of petroleum activities, which can be produced at home, issued together with this Decision, shall be considered, supplemented and updated annually to suit the practical situation, on the basis of the proposals of domestic production units and specialized State management bodies.

Article 6.- This Decision takes effect 15 days after its signing and also applies to declarations of import goods in service of petroleum activities as from the effective date of the 2000 Petroleum Law (amended) to before the effective date of this Decision.

For the Minister of

Planning and Investment

Vice Minister
LAI QUANG THUC

LIST OF SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT IN SERVICE OF PETROLEUM ACTIVITIES, WHICH CAN BE PRODUCED AT HOME

(Issued together with Decision No. 229/2001/QD-BKH of May 18, 2001 of the Minister of

Planning and Investment)

Ordinal number

Appellations

of goods items

Codes under the Import Tariff

Supplies

Equipment

Signs, specifications and description

Heading

Sub-heading

I

Of a kind produced by Oil and Gas Corporation

1

Dolomite

2518

10

00

X

In white powder, packed in bags of 50 kg (mainly used for construction ceramics and porcelains)

2

Mica

2525

20

00

X

In white, transparent flakes, of the size of between 16 and 100 mesh, packed in paper bags of 25 kg

3

Feldspar

2529

10

00

X

In ivory-white powder, packed in PP bags of 50 kg (used mainly for construction ceramics and porcelains)

4

CaCl2

2827

20

00

X

In white powder, packed in PP bags of 25 kg

5

CaCO3

2836

50

00

X

In white powder or granules, packed in PP bags of 50 kg

6

Flour silicate

2839

90

00

X

In white powder, packed in PP bags of 50 kg

7

Bentonite API

2851

00

90

X

In light yellow powder, packed in PP bags of 50 kg

8

Bentonite, used for filling pipes

2851

00

90

X

In light yellow powder, packed in PP bags of 50 kg

9

Bentonite, used for casting molds

2851

00

90

X

In light yellow powder, packed in PP bags of 50 kg

10

Bentonite, used for drilling wells

2851

00

90

X

In light yellow powder, packed in PP bags of 50 kg

11

Barite API

2851

00

90

X

In light beige powder, packed in PP bags of 50 kg, 1 ton or 1.5 tons

12

DMC - Lub

2942

00

00

X

In viscous form, dark-colored, in cans of 25 liters, or in barrels of 200 liters

13

Biosafe

1515

19

00

X

In liquid form, in cans of 25 liters

14

Quartz

2506

10

00

X

In white powder, packed in bags of 1 ton or 50 kg (used mainly for construction ceramics or porcelains)

15

Clay-originated sound- or heat-insulating substances

2508

40

00

X

In sheets

16

Xanthan Gum

X

In ivory-yellow fibers

II

Other

17

Cement P 300

2523

29

10

X

Used for the construction of offshore projects

18

Assorted paints

3208

10

30

X

Used for steel structures

19

Solvent, in company with paints

3209

90

90

X

20

Wooden boards, for chocking or lining on drilling platforms

4407

99

00

X

21

Labor protection devices

6201

X

Clothes, shoes, boots, helmets, napkins and gloves

22

Other drilling chemical products

2515

X

Foaming agents, organic silica polymer, common alum, graphite powder, husks, granite powder, aluminum stearate, NaCl, surface active substances, HCl

23

Lubricants

2710

00

90

X

SAE (30ART, 30GD, 40HDGM, 40GD, 50RT, 40RMX, 50RMX, 90TDEP, 140TDEP (GL5), ISO (150EP, 37TL, 46TL, 68TL); VIT32, VIT100

24

Signboards on drilling platforms

8309

90

90

X